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(CNN) — A federal task force looking for ways to curb gun violence will have a set of recommendations by Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden announced Thursday.
Speaking during a week of meetings with disparate groups on various sides of the issue — including some for and others against stricter gun controls — Biden, who oversees the task force, said the recommendations to be given to President Barack Obama will serve as a beginning.
"This doesn't mean it is the end of the discussion, but the public wants us to act," he told reporters.
Biden said he's been surprised by how many groups have encouraged universal background checks for all gun owners, including those who purchase through private sales.
Some states have backlogs of thousands of felons who are never registered on lists aimed at helping prevent dangerous weapons from getting into their hands, he noted.
The National Rifle Association said it was "disappointed" with a White House task force meeting Thursday, arguing it expected mental health, the "marketing of violence to our kids" and school safety to be top topics.
"We were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment," the group said in a statement. "While claiming that no policy proposals would be prejudged, this task force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners — honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans."
The group indicated it will now concentrate its efforts through members of Congress.
NRA President David Keene told CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" little common ground was found. An exception was possible agreement to place "potentially violent" mentally ill people on a national database of those not allowed to buy firearms, Keene said.
Obama called for the task force after last month's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in which 27 people were killed — 20 of them elementary school children.
"This is a complicated issue," Biden said, emphasizing that there is "no singular solution to how we deal with" mass shootings.
Many stakeholders in the issue have met with members of the task force, Biden said, including medical and religious groups, educators and parents.
Concerns about mental health may be "one of the most important things that we've been focusing on," he said.
Biden also noted that many firearm deaths in the United States are suicides.
Referring to one of the most contentious issues — whether to reinstate an assault weapons ban — Biden said he has never heard so much support for "the need to do something about high-capacity magazines."
The task force also was meeting with members of the entertainment industry to discuss violence in movies and TV shows.
Obama has spoken out about a culture that often "glorifies guns and violence."
Dan Glickman, a former congressman and onetime head of the Motion Picture Association of America, rejects suggestions of links between films and real-life violence.
"I don't think the abundance of movies that are put out by the entertainment industry are that violent or cause violence," he told CNN on Thursday.
Also, Glickman said, "Hollywood does a pretty good job of letting parents know through its ratings system what kind of movie is coming out — whether there's violence or sexual conduct or other kinds of things."
Glickman served as a U.S. representative from Kansas for nine terms but lost a re-election bid in 1994. He blames that loss partly on supporting an assault-weapons ban.
"I would vote for it again and thought it was the right thing to do," he said Thursday. He called it "a very politically sensitive issue," particularly among law-abiding gun owners who see it as a threat to their ownership of guns.
Biden said Wednesday that while legislative action is needed to prevent mass shootings, Obama is also exploring executive orders.
Keene told CNN "some things you can do by executive orders, some things you can't do by executive orders. Some things you do by executive orders need money to be implemented and that's up to Congress."
Wal-Mart, Dick's Sporting Goods and Bass Pro Shops were among 10 retailers who were to meet Thursday with Attorney General Eric Holder, who is part of the panel.
Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, triggered controversy earlier in the week when it said its officials were unavailable to attend the meeting because of scheduling. The company soon reversed its decision, saying it had "underestimated the expectation to attend."
The NRA has argued that it is committed to keeping people protected, but that a focus on stricter gun control is misguided.
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre has called for all U.S. schools to have armed guards. Keene later told CNN the group supports schools choosing whether they want armed guards.


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While speaking at the White House, President Barack Obama urges lawmakers to compromise on a budget plan as America's fiscal deadline looms.
As lawmakers departed Washington without progress on the so-called fiscal cliff negotiations, President Barack Obama urged members of Congress to "cool off" over the Christmas holiday and address a short-term solution to the looming deficit issue before the end of the year, even if a larger bargain remains out of reach for now.
"In the next few days I've asked leaders of Congress to work towards a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class Americans, protects unemployment insurance for two million Americans, and lays the groundwork for further work on both growth and deficit reduction," he said in a statement to reporters late Friday afternoon. "That's an achievable goal."
Obama said that Republicans and Democrats agree that tax rates on all but the top two percent of earners should not be raised by the cliff's automatically-triggered measures that will go into effect in just 10 days without congressional action.
"Averting this middle class tax hike is not a Democratic responsibility or a Republican responsibility," he argued. "With their votes, the American people have determined that governing is a shared responsibility between both parties."
His remarks came after the House failed to take action on a 'Plan B' measure to maintain Bush-era tax rates for all earners making under $1 million annually. That bill was opposed by the White House as well as by much of House Speaker John Boehner's own caucus, and Boehner was forced to pull it from the floor without a vote.
Related: Boehner's fiscal path forward: 'God only knows'
Obama alluded to that turmoil in his remarks, as well as to some dissent within his own party about potential compromises on entitlements and spending cuts.
"The challenge that we've got right now is that the American people are a lot more sensible, a lot more thoughtful, and much more willing to compromise and give and sacrifice and act responsibly than their elected representatives are," Obama said. "That's a problem."
"Call me a hopeless optimist," the president near the end of his remarks, "but I actually still think we can get it done."
The House and Senate adjourned for the Christmas holiday today. Following his remarks Friday evening, the president and his family departed for a holiday break in Hawaii.
Urging members to consider avenues for compromise, Obama asked members of Congress to get "perspective" during the Christmas holiday before returning to Washington to work on a short-term deal.
"As we leave town for a few days to be with our families for the holidays, I hope that gives everybody some perspective," he said. "Everybody can cool off, everybody can drink some egg nog, have some Christmas cookies, sing some Christmas carols, enjoy the company of loved ones. And I'd ask every member of Congress, while they're at home, to think about that, to think about the obligations we have to the people who sent us here."

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Our little guy is about turn turn 1, actually it's exactly 8 days away!
My how the year has flown by. I had always heard parents say how fast time goes
once you have children and I now find myself saying the same. I'm looking forward
to his party, though I still feel like a have a lot to do, but I'm a little sad
about this milestone. Of course I'm proud that he's healthy and thriving and
has learned and grown so much but when I think about the first time I met him and
that unforgettable day, a part of me doesn't want time to move too quickly.
Oh, but what can I do other than be happy and enjoy every day as much as I can!
Here's Israel, eating a biscuit while reclining on a cushion. I like how he even
has his feet crossed. A man in the making.
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I love what you've done so far! yes, i know exactly what you mean about time going quickly. Baby Zion turned one eight months ago and i was amazed at how quickly we reached that milestone. Now, he's 18months and amazes me everyday. Love that pic of a cross legged Israel chilling and enjoying his biscuit. xxReplyDelete
Soooo cute, look at him all relaxed. Adorable!ReplyDelete
He is so cute, God bless him : ), and yes they grow very, very fast, but is a wonderful experience.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! Our babies are only a few weeks apart!ReplyDelete
Ahh it's going to be SO fun! I am so excited! This pic is waaay too cute! He's such a mini man!ReplyDelete
so relaxing!!ReplyDelete
it does go sooo fastReplyDelete
your party prep looks crazy fantastic!
i know, it's so bittersweet. Lily turns 1 in november. time goes by so much faster when you watch someone grow.ReplyDelete
those tiny flags are so beautiful in that coral/pink :) the party will be lovely for sure.ReplyDelete
oh, those little crossed feet are so sweet, unbelievably so. happy (almost) first birthday, little man!! xoxo i totally understand how you feel nostalgic, and my baby is only four months old. i'm already pining for yesterday, it's so hard to want them to grow up but also stay the same forever :)ReplyDelete
this is a sweet little boy. i have the same feelings like you, my little babyboy or to say it real, little boy, turns one in a month... so bittersweat.... ;-)ReplyDelete
This little man is so sweet and I love love love his pose... what a serious guy! :) He is amazingly adorable! Hugs, TwiggsReplyDelete
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On 22 February 1991, Kenny Dalglish resigned as Liverpool manager after guiding the club for five and a half seasons. During that period, they won three league titles and two FA Cups.
He got his start at Anfield in 1977 when then-manager Bob Paisley spent a British record £440,000 to bring him from Celtic as a replacement for recently-departed striker Kevin Keegan. He soon became a fan favorite and a key contributor, winning five league titles, four League Cups, and three European Cups under Paisley and Paisley's replacement, Joe Fagan and earning the nickname "King Kenny."
When Fagan retired in May 1985, Dalglish took over as player-manager only hours before the Heysel stadium disaster. But despite that tragedy marking his debut, he led Liverpool to the Double the following season. More success followed, including the 1988 and 1990 league titles and the 1989 FA Cup. But more tragedy followed, as well, in the form of the Hillsborough disaster which claimed the lives of 96 people, all of whom were Liverpool supporters.
Less than two years later, Dalglish resigned as manager, clearly suffering from the effects of both Heysel and Hillsborough in addition to the pressures of management. But he returned to the touchline eight months later for Blackburn and led them from the Second Division to the 1995 Premier League title--their first league title since 1914.
After further spells with Newcastle United (1997-98) and Celtic (1999-2000), he returned to Anfield in 2009 as club ambassador. He was a popular candidate to replace Rafa Benitez in June 2010, but the job went instead to Roy Hodgson. Hodgson lasted barely half a season, though, and Dalglish returned as manager in January 2011.


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The Chinese name Chen is derived from the name of the region of Chen (in present-day Henan province). After overthrowing the Shang dynasty and becoming the first king of the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, Wu Wang searched for a descendant of the great ancient emperors to guard their memory and offer sacrifices, to help retain the 'Mandate of Heaven', which was considered essential to remain in power. He found Gui Man, a descendant of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc), and granted him the region of Chen, along with the title Marquis of Chen and one of his daughters in marriage. Gui Man was posthumously named Chen Hugong, and his descendants came to adopt the surname Chen.


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The library is happy to take donations year round. Donations can be brought to the circulation desk in the library. If you need help bringing them into the library, just ask at the desk. Books not put in to our collection are passed on to the Friends of the TPL for their twice-a-year book sales.
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Our library sponsored book club meets on the 1st Monday of the month (except when the 1st Monday is a holiday, when they will meet on Tuesday) at 6 p.m. in the Library Board Room. Members periodically brainstorm the books to read for the next few months, so you never know what will be on the list. Everyone is welcome. If you are interested in getting a list of the upcoming books, call the library administrative office at 254-298-5559 and leave your email address so you can be added to the list to receive the email reminders.
Our Staff Picks list is issued quarterly, and is very popular with our patrons. The list can be found on the 2nd floor of the library next to a display that holds titles on the list.
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The Mad River Valley Bill Koch League and the Green Mountain Valley School cross country ski program (GMVS XC) are teaming up this summer to offer a number of opportunities for young local athletes to try out summer Nordic training.
GMVS XC is excited to offer more than 20 supervised training sessions this summer in which local Nordic enthusiasts are invited to participate.
"I want to make this whole program as accessible as possible to the
local community," said Justin Beckwith, head GMVC XC coach. "This is a
great chance for local Vermont athletes, or folks visiting from further
away, to join GMVS athletes and coaches for quality training sessions."
The first opportunity, on Saturday, June 19, will be a rollerski demo at Waitsfield Champlain Valley Telephone parking lot. GMVS will supply the coaching and New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) will provide the rollerskis. Kids and adults are welcome to come and experience this fun training gear; participants should bring their own helmets. The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon and will be free of charge. All ages are welcome.
On Tuesday, July 13, the GMVS XC will host a BKL Day. Former and future BKL skiers are invited to join the GMVS team on one of their summer training sessions. All ages are welcome. This session is designed for BKL skiers to join with older junior athletes and get a taste for specific ski training during the dry land season.
On Saturday, July 17, GMVS and the U.S. Biathlon Association (USBA) will host a laser biathlon event that will include a lot of fun and instruction (with the potential for a celebrity biathlon appearance!). The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon at GMVS. Participants should come ready with athletic attire for running and game play.
The GMVS XC team will also be hosting regular training sessions for junior athletes Tuesdays and Wednesdays from July 12 to August 11 (as well as June 22 and 23). The fee covers coaching, video analysis, transportation and snacks. These sessions will start at 9 a.m. at the GMVS Sports Center.
The GMVS Nordic Team will also be hosting two dry land camps this summer for cross country skiers: June 25 through 28 and June 29 through July 3. Camps are designed to bring junior skiers together to train and have fun. Athletes will focus on conditioning, training education and refining technique. The first session is four days long and the second session is five days. Training takes place throughout the Mad River Valley. Skiers should be prepared for running, ski bounding, rollerskiing and strength training. Athletes will also have the opportunity to play soccer and swim in the afternoons.
Each camp ends with a rollerski challenge up Route 17 to Mad River Glen (or the top of the App Gap) and a time trial. On both June 28 and July 3 (the last days of the two camps), local and visiting Nordic enthusiasts are invited to come join in or just cheer on the competitors.


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sciatic nerve location - Sciatica ... 3 things you must know
Sciatica ... 3 things you must know
Do you suffer from
? Are you one of the many right now who are reading this while pain travels from your back and down your leg? Would you like to get up now and move to just ease your
The Hamstring, the Gluteal's, the Hip Flexors and the lower back muscles (Erector Spinae).
Fact #2 Knowing what to stretch is important, knowing how to stretch is essential. If you use a standard stretch which takes 30 seconds or more to stretch, then you are wasting time and not helping the muscle much at all. These types of stretches are good if you have never stretched before, but they are too slow at changing the muscle tension.
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So why are the statistics so high? Is it because you have too many falls or injuries? Are there more road accidents? Is there more congenital abnormalities?
Assess Your Spine - You need to know the problem is coming from to be able to get rid of it permanently. To use these techniques properly, you need to know where to place your focus.
Dr Graeme Teague is an expert in the structural field, and has been in practice since 1991. His newly launched web site The Back Pain Advisor - http://www.back-pain-advisor.com - strives to give you valuable and expert advice, tips and information on your back pain issues.
Release Muscle Tension - There is a muscle called the Piriformis muscle. This muscle is usually the culprit when it comes to your pain. The sciatic nerve runs through this muscle and if it is tight, it will irritate the nerve and therefore, pain.
object. Getting injured can be life changing and there are many ways that can lead to healing. Doctors can give you advice. Surgery in my family is always a last option. You can prevent a trip to the emergency room by working to keep yourself healthy and exercising regularly.
To figure out what exercise will be of most benefit, it is important to try to distinguish whether you have sciatica from a lumbar disc bulge /herniation, or whether you have a condition called "piriformis syndrome", which produces symptoms very similar to disc-related
but is caused by contraction of the piriformis muscle in the buttock area.
Finding a cure for
is a challenge, have you searched without finding anything? Maybe you have and have decided to give up, but are still hoping to find some relief for the pain.
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Dr. George Best has been treating patients with sciatica and piriformis syndrome in his San Antonio, Texas practice since 1992. To access his free E-book and his free video course on understanding and treating
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Excercise relief for
can be obtained with physical therapy or whatever personal choices you desire. Keep in mind the preventative measures, and avoid procrastinating if you have the knowledge to
Or is it high because so many of you do not know how to remove your back pain or sciatica permanently. It therefore keeps coming back to haunt you yet again. What can you do and what should you do to make sure you get rid of your
once and for all?
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Your nerves are positioned strategically in your spinal column. Depending on how you treat your spine, whether you are sitting or standing, can dramatically effect how your nerves react. Prevention is sometimes the best medicine. If exercises for
are given to you, it is in your best interest to use them religiously because procrastination can lead to a very painful ending. First hand experience can tell you this is a fact.
Treatment for Sciatica:Tip C. C. Pelvic Balance - This is a great treatment for
because the pelvis is what keeps everything in balance. If your pelvis is balanced, then the tension will ease off all the other areas. You can do this by lying down on the floor. Place your hand under each side of your pelvis where you would wear your belt. As you are doing this, notice if there is more pressure on one side or the other. If here is more pressure on one side compared to the other, then your pelvis is not balanced.
An easy method to help you determine what the problem is can be done by doing a couple of tests while sitting in a firm chair. In the sitting position, try straightening your knee on the painful side, so that your leg is parallel to the floor. If this increases your symptoms, chances are you have true
related to a disc problem.
Many people live with back pain in one form or another. Fortunately, there is some hope for those who are suffering with it. With discipline and the desire to feel better, exercising for sciatica can bring some relief and some people claim healing.
The main muscle is your Piriformis. The sciatic nerve runs either through this muscle or next to it. Therefore if it tightens
and back pain occur. The second most important muscles are, yes all of these are equally important...
Do this and your muscle tension will decrease rapidly. Stretch and then use the muscle and then you will find it will tighten again almost immediately.
Sciatica Fact #3 Knowing what is important, knowing how is essential and knowing when is imperative. If you stretch a muscle and then use it, the value of the stretch disappears.
Whether you need the McKenzie extension exercise, or the piriformis stretch, or both, the
exercises work best when repeated frequently - up to several times per day while you are having signficant symptoms.
I am not going to lay claim to any cures for
, but I will give you some guidelines to follow in helping to relieve your pain and hopefully stop it from returning. So for now let's call them cures for sciatica, for if they can give you some relief from pain and minimise the episodes, then it is in its own way, a cure.
There are 3 essential facts you need to know, and one bombshell you didn't know...
Fact #1 You need to know what to stretch first or your sciatica will return. Fail to correct the right muscles and pain will either stay or return again soon. So which muscles should you target for your sciatica?
*Let pain be your guide. If you are in pain, you listen to your body and stop. Do not ever let anyone tell you to push through the pain. You are the only one who knows your pain threshold.
If you only stretch the muscles above, sure your
may ease and even disappear. But it will return, and each time it comes back it is harder and harder to ease and settle. So remove your sciatica once and for all ...re-balance your pelvis, spine and muscles for complete and permanent sciatica relief.
*So here you have it, your cures for
, but it does not come from a bottle, but you! In your own home exercising on your living room floor. Treatment for Sciatica:Tip A.
The second test is to bend your leg to pull the knee toward your chest. Begin by first bringing the knee on the painful side toward the shoulder on the same side. Then release the leg slightly and pull the knee toward the opposite shoulder. If pulling the knee toward the opposite shoulder increases the pain significantly more than pulling it toward the same side shoulder, chance are you have piriformis syndrome. It should be noted that it is possible to have both true
and piriformis syndrome at the same time.
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The quality of life decreases dramatically, family life suffers, and sometimes a feeling of hopelessness and depression can overwhelm the sufferer and family members. The sciatic nerve travels down each buttock into the legs. Sciatica pain can reveal itself from the rear, back of the leg and areas of the foot. The leg can GET PAINFUL or just having pulling sensations; numbness or tingling can be another sign.
Treatment for
:Tip B. B. Stretching - You have a muscle called the Piriformis muscle. This muscle has the sciatic nerve running through it or along side it. By stretching this muscle you are able to ease the pain quickly.
When the symptoms have subsided, it is extremely important to learn what
exercises you can do to prevent the symptoms from returning in the future. Don't be fooled! Just because the symptoms go away, it doesn't mean that everything is back to normal. All too often,
sufferers go from one episode of pain to the next, with episodes becoming more severe and more frequent over time, because they fail to manage the problem correctly so you can avoid the common problem of developing chronic pain and disability.
You need to stretch 3 times. Once to release tension on the muscle, and 2 other times to reinforce this. However, you need to stretch the muscle and then rest it for a few hours, so the best time to stretch is just prior to bed. Then again when you wake in the morning and then once again at the end of your working day.
Once you determine whether you have true
or piriformis syndrome, or both, you can usually get considerable relief from just a single exercise for either condition (two exercises if you have both).
is the Latin word for "Pain down the back of the leg" Sciatica is referred pain usually caused by trapping the sciatic nerve in the lower back.
The best type of stretch is using PNF. This is a stretch that takes only 6 seconds to do, you repeat it 3 times so it takes less than 20 seconds to stretch a muscle.
Well join the club... Sciatica is increasing in the population. Back pain affects over 80% of adults. More than 50% of you reading this have back pain right now.
The key points to preventing or reducing back pain or sciatica can be as simple as posture, sitting with proper lumbar support, exercise, proper lifting techniques and knowing when not to lift a heavy
Do seek professional help if you are in anyway concerned about your back pain.
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As long as the symptoms are decreasing furthest from the spine, the exercise described is beneficial, even if the symptoms closer to the spine seem to increase at first (they'll usually improve with repetition of the exercise over time). I suggest you remain in this position for a couple of minutes and then take a break by either just lying flat, or by getting up and walking for at least a few minutes in between the exercise repetitions in order to avoid developing a lot of tightness in the low back muscles.
For piriformis syndrome, you can do a simple stretch of the piriformis muscle. I recommend you do this by lying on your back, pulling your knee on the painful side toward the same side shoulder for a few seconds, then partially releasing the leg and then pulling your knee toward the opposite shoulder. Hold this stretch for about 10 seconds at a time, then carefully release your leg for a a few seconds before repeating the stretch.
Bombshell Stretching alone will never remove
permanently! You need to rebalance the pelvis, re-align the spine and rebalance the muscles. Stretching is only 50% of rebalancing muscles. You also need to strengthen the muscles that are weakened also.
Strengthen Muscles - If one muscle is tight and the others are weak, there is going to be an imbalance. You can do some exercises at home that will help to strengthen and improve their strength, and this in turn will increase the blood supply, which is why they are weak to begin with.
A. Ice - In the first 48 hours, you need to use ice to help reduce the inflammation which is around the nerve. This can help to stop it from getting worse. Use the ice for 10 minutes, then off for 10 and on again for 10 minutes. Keep doing this 2 or 3 times.
Align the Pelvis - Your pelvis is the foundation, the stabiliser and when this is distorted, there can be a lot of lower back pain. Lower Back Strength - It is not going to help to work on the nerve if you have a weak back. Strengthen your back and you will help the pelvis get back into alignment and release the tension.
For true
, most people will find relief through the basic McKenzie extension exercise (named for physical thearapist Robin McKenzie). This exercise is performed by lying face down on a firm surface and then propping yourself up on your elbows, creating an increase in the curve of the lower back. Getting into this position may be painful at first, but within about 30 seconds, most people will notice a decrease in the severity or the range of the
, or both. A positive sign is when the symptoms furthest from the spine decrease.
Sciatica exercises come in many different forms, but the last thing you need when you're in pain is to have to learn a complicated exercise routine. But using exercise to alleviate
doesn't have to be difficult. Getting relief can be as simple as doing just one exercise and doing it frequently until such time as the pain is gone or at least much improved.
Treatment for
:Tip D. D. Move - You need to keep moving, not too fast, but move. If you sit for to long at a time, your muscles will tighten much quicker. Have you ever noticed that your pain is worse in the morning after sleeping all night? When you are able to move, this helps your pain ease a little. This is why moving is an important treatment for sciatica.
help yourself. A family member that I know well herniated a disc due to a lack of knowledge and discipline to exercise.
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John Pugh, 18th century anatomist, was in the forefront of the science of physiotherapy. His book is illustrated with 15 steel engravings, and 15 line drawings of the muscle structure of the human body.
There was a 1972 facsimile reprint. One of these is for sale on Ebay also. Several copies are available on Abebooks.com.
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No, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. Just been really, really busy. Being the executor/trustee of your parents' estate can do that to a person. (Mother just faded away at age 91 back in December.)
Which reminds me. I don't care how old (or young) you are. Do your heirs a favor, and thin out your stuff NOW. If you can't figure out why that's a good thing, ask me about filling the biggest dumpster Waste Management will deliver, and still having trash left over. Not to mention so many trips to Goodwill, the guy at the donation station knows us by name.
Oh, and does anybody want to buy a 2000+ square foot house on an acre in Carmel Valley? A million in cash and it's yours.
None of which explains the algebra.
For reasons I'm too tired to explain right now, amongst my various other endeavors I am experimenting with creating handmade flutes. And before I (pun warning!) branch out into wood, bamboo and other such materials, PVC pipe is a good place to start.
Yep. Good ol' PVC pipe from Home Depot, at less than 2 bucks for 10 feet of the stuff.
Anybody can just start drilling holes in a tube, but if you want the thing to play in something resembling "tune" (what is this "tune" thing I speak of?) you have to do some math.
Well. Anybody who has known me for any length of time knows that Algebra 2 was one of the worst experiences of my life, and I quickly and purposely forgot it all once I had passed the class and moved on with my education. Where and when, I often asked, was I ever going to use this knowledge again?
Fast forward to yesterday, and a few useful websites. One of those sites offers the following text:
If I want a pipe that plays an A-440 (that is, the note at 440 Hz, which happens to be an A), sound waves have to go around it once in 1/440 second. So, (2 x (length of pipe in m)) / (345 m / s) = (1 / 440) s. We can solve this equation algebraically to find that the length of pipe must be .392 m (39.2 cm).
Algebra? Heaven help me.
Heaven came in the form of yet another nifty website. (They've got practically everything on the net these days, don't they.) Somehow I managed to actually use those instructions to draft my own equation and plug it in, once I had figured out the part about sound waves traveling at 345 meters per second. And I found that for a pipe to play a D at 293.66 Hz, it needed to be 0.58741402 meters long, or about 23 1/8 inches for us English speakers. And lo and behold, when I cut the PVC pipe to that length and blew into it, aiming at a nifty tuner app, I got a D.
I then used the Flutomat to calculate the distances and hole sizes for a D-minor scale, drilled out the holes, and now I've got my first homemade flute.
Fine-grit sandpaper takes off the black printing as well as the shiny surface, so it looks just a little less like PVC at a distance, although the cap at the end kind of gives it away....
Silly me, I should have offset the G hole a bit. Yes, it is rather awkward to play. But it has an interesting sound.
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Nearly 1,000 Long Island households displaced by superstorm Sandy can remain in hotels for an additional two weeks, after the federal government extended funding for the temporary housing program.
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The program funds hotel rooms for about 970 Long Island households, including individuals and entire families, according to FEMA. This is the third extension of the program, which began Nov. 3.
Lea Kalodes, who is staying at the Best Western in Rockville Centre with her 19-month-old son, her mother and her father, a disabled Vietnam veteran, said two more weeks might not be enough. The family's East Rockaway home suffered severe storm damage, she said.
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News of the extension was greeted with approval Friday by state and federal officials.
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Closing Time in Pittsburgh
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When Octavio Dotel took his bag
of strikeouts west to Los Angeles, he left an open question in his
wake: Who will close in Pittsburgh? For once, there are two almost
equally qualified options in the bullpen.
The Bucs have made their initial choice Tuesday night, tapping big right-hander Joel Hanrahan to close out a 7-6 win over the Reds. Hanharan looked good in securing his first save of the season, allowing one hit, no runs, and striking out two.
Still, there's enough mix-and-match potential here for two Pirates pitchers to be worth a look in standard mixed leagues. Do a side-by-side comparison using the Bloomberg Sports Fantasy Tools, and you'll see that both Hanrahan
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pitchers. Manager Jim Russell's initial refusal to name a new closer suggests that he might just ride the hot hand. On the other hand, Buster Olney did say the team would install Hanrahan once Dotel was moved.
Meek's strikeout rate (7.61 K/9 this year, 7.48 career) places him only slightly above league average. However, Meek has showed a solid walk rate (2.83
BB/9 this year), a development in his game that is a tribute to the
Pirates' minor league coaches, who immediately helped him harness his
arsenal after years of struggling with his control. Not new to Meek's
game is his elite groundball percentage. His current 54.7% groundball
rate is well above the average 44% groundball rate across
baseball, and near his already high career level too (53.7%).
is no vomit-taste jelly bean either (as an aside, these beans exist,
and apparently they started with pepperoni pizza and added a citrus
taste, says the Discovery Channel). The man with an Irish name and an
Iowa birth certificate is striking out batters at a career-high rate this
year (12.65 K/9), but given his very strong career rate (10.02), this isn't a
huge surprise. What is a nice surprise is that he's also stopped
walking people in Pittsburgh (2.64 BB/9 this year, 4.66 career). The
combination has been working well.
The only flaw in his game
might actually make him a better fit at the closer position,
ironically. Hanrahan is more of a strikeout/flyout pitcher, with a
below-average groundball rate (35.8% this year, 37% career). Because
groundballs can lead to double-plays, it might behoove the Pirates to
use Meek in situations where there are runners on as a way to
leverage his talents best. Because flyballs can lead to home runs, it
makes sense to at least start Hanrahan off without any runners on.
Coincidentally, this is usually how closers work.
The last piece
of evidence we can use is the two pitchers' past usage patterns. Hanrahan has owned
the eighth inning for a couple weeks now, while Meek has had the
seventh, with some stints that spanned multiple innings. Most signs
seem to point to Hanrahan, so if you only have one spot to dedicate to
speculating on Pirates' saves, he's the man to pick up.
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About the Book
About Suzuki Roshi
Shunryu Suzuki Lecture
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This is one of the last lectures that Shunryu Suzuki gave.
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What is the Ryaku Fusatsu by Nonin Chowaney
As you know, at Tassajara Ryaku Fusatsu may be observed as we observe it at Eihei-ji. I want to talk about Ryaku Fusatsu tonight and maybe tomorrow night, if I have time. I want to continue the spirit of practice of Ryaku Fusatsu. [Fusatasu: Traditionally, a ceremony held every fifteen days, in which monks in a Zen monastery recite vows and confess transgressions. Ryaku: "abbreviated" or "short."]
Ryaku Fusatsu is one of the most interesting practices at Eihei-ji. Since I left Eihei-ji it is almost thirty-seven—maybe almost forty years [laughs]— but still, I have the impression now—a feeling of observing Ryaku Fusatsu.
And the history of Ryaku Fusatsu is very long, even before Buddha. In India, there were same kind of observation. And in Japan too we have still very primitive custom or annual ceremony or observation in some part of Japan.
In Japan, as I remember, January 14th is the day when we gather the old memorial tablets or old symbols of shrine. And children or boys get something holy—some equipment we need to observe something holy. And when it is very smoky, because at that time we burned firewood, kerosene lamps, or things throughout the year. Things become very dusty and smoky.
And so in January—of course, New Year's Day, we renew all the decorations, so old ones we carry old ones to the shrine, which is always waiting for those things. Old, old small shrines, or just stone deity called a dōso-jin. [dōso-jin: dō: "road"; so: "ancestor"; jin: "deity" or "god." Shintō stone figures of deities placed along roadways and pathways, typically in rural Japan, to protect travelers and villages. The images are invoked for an abundant harvest, for good health, and prosperity of offspring.] Most of the days we do not know even there is dōso-jin. But on New Year's Day, or from New Year's Day to January 14th, old symbols and ornaments will be there. People take them to the old shrines.
So at that time, we realize that, "Oh, here is shrine." On January 14th we make pretty big shrine, maybe six feet high, with straw. [In a festival called tondo-yaki (Bonfire Festival), prayers are offered for a healthy and peaceful forthcoming year. New Year's decorations of pine, bamboo, and straw are gathered for a public bonfire. The decorated bonfire (tondo) is carried out to the seashore, purified, and set on fire. People toast and eat dango or kagami-mochi (round glutenous rice cakes) they have brought to the bonfire.] And when it is dark, we set fire on it and burn it. And people—children come with rice balls. Rice ball is made on New Year's Day and we put it on the branches of the tree—a kind of tree—and we decorate it in front of altar. And on January 14th, children take all the small rice balls—dango, and bake it in that fire we made by the old decoration. Some people knows why we do and some don't.
My mother told me the story of why we do this. All the year round, dōso-jin—that god lived in various part of the village, and knows who observe good precepts and who don't. He is supposed to keep the record, as ino also does [laughs], in Tassajara zendō or City zendō [laughing]: who attend zazen and how many times someone didn't come. He has that kind of responsibility. So he is supposed to have all the records, and on January 15th is the day when some god come and check his note. And when someone didn't observe, maybe evil spirit come and check the record. And if someone didn't observe good precepts, then that evil spirit will visit his home [laughs].
That was the idea, but dōso-jin is very good deity—good god. So before he come he burned the records. And he may say: "Yesterday evening we had a big fire [laughs], so I have no more records. It was burned away, so I haven't—I am sorry," he may say. So wherever the evil spirits goes, many deities will say "dōso-jin," they say. And "I'm sorry. We have big fire, and we have no records. So [laughs] I am sorry. Next year I will be very careful. Please come next year." [Laughs.] So evil spirits doesn't know where to go, so all the villagers will be protected from the evil spirit. That is the story.
That kind of story—legendary stories—were also in India. That story came from India to Japan, and in some part of Japan we are still observing it. It is the fourteenth—sometime fourteenth—sometime the fifteenth; it is according to the moon. Full moon will be sometime fourteenth and sometime fifteenth. Before full moon we call it white—white days, white nights, and after full moon we call it black—black days. Moon is more and more become black.
Eighth or fourteenth, fifteenth is the day we observe precepts. Laymen observe the eight precepts. The eight precepts is the same precepts priests observe, but on those days, eighth and fourteenth and fifteenth, is the day layman observe same precepts as priest observe, or Buddha's direct disciple observe. Those precepts are called hachisai-kai. Hachi—"eight." Sai means "same." If this shoulder and this shoulder is same—sai. Very balanced, hachi-sai-kai. Hachisai-kai. Why we call sai—sai means "equal," like your left-hand shoulder and right-hand shoulder is equal. Sai means "equal."
So on that day—fourteenth, or eighth or fourteenth or fifteenth—is the day when laymen and monks observe same precepts. Kai is "precepts." Hachi is "eight." And the rokusai, [roku: "six"; sai: "same" or "equal."] rokusai is—rokusai, it was six—sai—mmm—it is rather complicated.
Sai in America—we use it with precepts—saikai. So sai is more and more changed—its meaning changed. And sai nowadays means "pure," but original meaning is "same."
We have rokusai. Rokusai—before fifteenth we have three days, after fifteenth we have three days. So we have six days to observe pure precepts. And in those six days we observe hachisai-kai—eight pure precepts, which is equivalent to arhat precepts, or Buddha's disciples' precepts. And eight precepts—four precepts of eight—eight precepts is the nature of precepts, and other precepts is prohibitory precepts.
In Mahāyāna precepts, we put emphasis on nature of precepts. But in Hīnayāna or Theravāda, they put emphasis on prohibitory precepts. Before Buddha, it is some observation to keep themselves from evil spirit by doing something good. Dāna precepts was the very old precepts, both for Buddhist and pre-Buddhist people. Dāna precepts. If you observe dāna precepts, you will be born in some good land after you die. That is why they observed dāna precepts before Buddha. And why Buddhists observe dāna precepts is different: not for to have good future life, but to accomplish buddhahood in this life. That is Buddhist way of—or spirit of observing precepts and dāna precepts.
Anyway, by observation of the precepts, before Buddha, they tried to keep themselves from evil spirits, to protect themselves from evil spirits. After Buddha, they also gathered laymen and monks together, and recited precepts, Buddha precepts. And those who did not—those who failed to observe the precepts may make confession of it. And those who do not say anything is the people who are supposed to observe the precepts. In that way, they recited precepts.
So the most important part of the Fusatsu ceremony is to recite Bommō-kyō, the precepts [Bommō-kyō (Bommō-sūtra, Brahmajāla-sūtra, Fan-wang-chin): a sūtra containing the ten major and 48 lesser Mahāyāna precepts.]. Bommō-kyō is about Mahāyāna precepts. And when, for instance, I recite those precepts, you should think about what you did. And if you didn't observe good precepts, you should say, "I didn't. I am sorry." Then, by the power of confession, your bad karma will be weaker. In that way, to purify our mind and to keep Buddha's way, we will observe Fusatsu. Fusatsu is—fusa—fusa-da—fusa or fusa-da means to do something good—to increase good or positive side. Da is to stop—to stop doing bad.
Nature of precepts is to encourage good practice and to stop evil desire, or to continue good practice, good precept observation, and to put an end to bad deluded observation. That is the idea of precepts. Fusa—fusa-da—fusa: "to do something." Something we have. To continue something good, and to stop something bad, or to stop some bad karma arise. That is the meaning of stop. Fusa—fusatsu. In that way, Buddhists have been observed Fusatsu.
Fusatsu is in Japanese or maybe in Chinese too—character doesn't mean anything, but it is transliteration of "poṣadha"—Sanskrit. So with this spirit, we should observe Fusatsu. And when your everyday practice is good—when you observe this Fusatsu, you feel real spirit of zendo. Fusatsu.
And Ryaku Fusatsu—Ryaku means "abbreviated observation," not full observation, because we have so many precepts and so many scriptures. So if we read all of it, it takes long, long time.
So we, in Japan or in China, instead of observing six times a month, we just observe fifteenth and the last day of the month. And the things we—Mahāyāna school of Buddhism, like Zen or Shin or someone Tendai or Shingon—we read Bodhisattva precepts, Mahāyāna precepts only. That is why we say Ryaku. Ryaku. Ryaku is what we say. Not full but a part of it.
This okesa is—if we wear small okesa that is simplified okesa—ryaku. Spirit is there, but more simple. Why we say so is because we do not read all the precepts, one by one, because it takes too long time. Maybe in comparison to Bodhisattva precepts, I should refer to eight hachisai-kai, eight precepts.
The first one we say, "Don't kill." And don't take which is not given to you—don't steal. "Don't steal" means not to take something which is not given to you. And do not cling to the nature of man or woman, or nature—don't cling to the difference. If it is different is pretty good [laughs]. You cling to it more than that. Man and woman—you don't understand the difference of the nature. If you understand, woman is the form and nature is little different from a man, and then it is nearer to understand. But if you say, nature of man and woman is like water and [laughs] flame, or plus and minus, that is not our understanding. Do you understand the feeling?
When you stick to something, it is more than difference. That is why you lose your way. If you think, "She is little bit different from me, physically and [laughs] mentally." Anyway, I have no time to discuss [laughs], but think what I mean. Difference? Not opposite—not pair of opposites actually, but different.
Our minds should have freedom from this kind of concepts. Because you are not free from those concepts, you lose your freedom. You are enslaved by it. Nature is the same, but function is different, and that is Buddhist understanding about various existing being. Anyway, we possess everything—possess everything. But difference is something is right with you. Something is beyond my reach right now. That is the difference. But anyway, by nature, everything belongs to you then. By nature, everything is same. It looks like different from one to the other. This is the third precept: "Don't be sexual." [Laughs.]
Fourth one is—[he says the series to himself out loud in Japanese, then comes to the fourth precept]: "Don't tell a lie." You cannot tell a lie.
First four precepts are the nature of human being. It express how human being—how everything exist. It means that everything has buddha-nature and everything is the same, is one. When your mind is clear, you will understand in that way. When your mind is confused, you do not understand those men and women, or something true or something which is not true. That kind of duality doesn't exist.
Dualistic understanding is not good understanding. When we are free from dualistic understanding of precepts or of being, then you understand what is buddha-nature. So we call it shō-kai—nature of precepts—nature.
And fifth is, "Don't drink sake." [Laughs.] Japanese people like sake a lot. We use sake. Don't sell or drink sake. Don't be intoxicated by liquor or teaching even. When your practice is not good, you will rely on that or you drink sake. It means you are lazy. In San-pachi [See SR-71-07-22V.], [chants in Japanese]: Ju shin do ho ichijō nan koto nakare. You shouldn't indulge in...
Student: What?
Drinking sake. If you drink sake, you have not much worry. [Laughs.] You don't feel you have to practice because you feel good. But that is just temporary, tentative relief. So you shouldn't be involved in sake—such a drinking practice. That is destructive.
And the rest of the precepts—we have three more, and the three is not just three—many, many, many. You shouldn't sleep on high bed or something like—you shouldn't use something too beautiful [laughs] on your ears, or on your eyebrows, on your lips, or you shouldn't use too strong incense. [laughter.] Incense has […] okay.
Many, many precepts, not just there are three. But tentatively we count just three. Four—five—six—seven—eight—six—seven—eight precepts. Six-seven is something like that: Don't sleep in high bed. I am a Zen priest. We sleep on this way—my grandfather used to sleep [probably gestures, followed by S.R. and students laughing]. It looked like needles [laughs, laughter]. Don't sleep [laughs] on such a grand bed. That kind of precept—so many precepts, but tentatively they come to "Don't sleep in high bed." That is next one, maybe seventh—sixth—seventh. I don't remember. Anyway, something like that.
The last one was very important one. "Don't eat after [laughs]—after twelve, afternoon." That is why John and Jisho, at lunchtime while we are eating before the second service start, we come to the Mañjushrī and take back his flower to the kitchen because he doesn't... That is sad. So maybe I shouldn't... I shouldn't remain like this, but I feel it. Mañjushrī is a spirit of a body of precepts.
[Laughs, laughter.] Excuse me, I need to ask a... I was—I am not...
That is very important—that precept. That is independent precept, and before Buddha set up precepts for Buddhists it is a very important precept are the four precepts which means our Buddha nature. That is our buddha-nature. How to realize buddha-nature. Don't kill; don't steal; don't act with unchaste acts—or that is not literal understanding precepts—don't be sexual, don't tell a lie. Those are very important precepts. But don't eat after twelve means Buddha's or Buddhist activity or Buddha's everyday life. So as long as we put emphasis on our everyday life—not only our … [Sentence not finished. Tape turned.]
… our everyday life is very important. So that is one independent precept, especially in Theravāda and before Buddhists. Indian people, after finished their household life, they would go to the forest or mountain, and study—religious study, receiving food from people. And as soon as they receive just enough food to eat on that day, came back and eat before noon. And after noon, they didn't eat and practiced hard, and studied pure religious life. That was the Indian people's practice.
But they say do not eat after twelve o'clock means you should keep up with pure religious practice. That is the origin of takuhatsu practice. Takuhatsu. In that spirit we practice takuhatsu. Do you know takuhatsu—what is takuhatsu? With begging bowl, we go out. And in the morning we—the priests—go out with begging bowl and receive some food and recently money too, and come back.
At Tassajara we have guest season. Guest season is a kind of takuhatsu—should be a kind of takuhatsu. We help people by our spiritual practice, and they give us material—money. So it is practice of dāna—a practice for them and for us too. We give them spiritual truth to them, and they—they give us material resource to us. That is the spirit of our guest season—the extended practice of takuhatsu. But guest cooperation is more complicated than takuhatsu. Very similar to city practice or worldly practice. Looks like business.
But if you go out with begging bowl, it is pure Buddhist practice, direct Buddha's practice. Relationship—monks and laymen will be direct practice of dāna practice. So you feel as if you are practicing Buddha's way if you are practice takuhatsu. And if you practice guest season practice, unless your spirit, your understanding is very good and your spirit is very strong, you will be easily confused. And you will be mixed up—your practice will be mixed up with usual mundane way of life. But you shouldn't be mixed up.
So the last one: Don't eat after noontime is a very good and very important precept. It is a direct expression of Buddha's practice, like takuhatsu. Don't observe takuhatsu. In one word, it include our everyday life—Buddhist everyday life. Same thing: don't eat after noon, after twelve o'clock, and practice takuhatsu, same thing. And this practice has been long, long practice for other Buddhists, even from before Buddha. For spiritual people this is very important practice.
And more and more in Bodhisattva precepts, buddha-nature precepts became more important, and three refuges, and the Three Collective [Pure] Precepts was added. So we have sixteen precepts, three refuges, three treasures. We take refuge in the three treasures, and the Three Collective Pure Precepts. Is that six?
And Ten Grave Prohibitory Precepts. "Prohibitory precepts," we say, but it is the precepts of buddha-nature. So according to Bodhidharma's explanation of precepts—buddha-nature is pure and clear, each precept have, we say, buddha-nature is clean, pure, and clear. And the other words follows when he explained the Ten Grave Precepts. That is Zen precepts or Mahāyāna precepts.
I think I want to continue this lecture. I hope I can finish it tomorrow night. If I couldn't I will continue to extend it to the next lecture. Okay?
Appendix: Dōso-jin along a country road in Japan Bonfire
decorated for the Toasting dango or kagami-mochi
Source: City Center transcript entered onto disk by Jose Escobar, 1997. Transcript checked against tape and made verbatim by Joan Amaral and Bill Redican (9/27/00). Miyagawa Keishi-san kindly provided assistance with the translation of Japanese terms. Illustrations in Appendix from the Internet. Lightly edited for readability by Gordon Geist (18/4/08).
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The Chicago City Council today voted to pay more than $5.4 million to settle three legal cases, including two involving alleged police misconduct.
In the most high-profile case, $4.1 million will be paid to the family of Flint Farmer, an unarmed man who a police officer shot three times in the back two years ago after Farmer already was wounded and down, according to video that was captured.
The council also agreed to pay $145,000 to settle a case filed by Jose Fematt. He was 13 in 2005 when rogue Chicago Police officers handcuffed him and took him hostage in their car, demanding information about the boy's neighbors, Fematt alleged in a lawsuit filed six years later.
The officers were part of the since-disbanded Special Operations Section. Several SOS officers were convicted of terrorizing numerous residents with home invasions, illegal searches and trumped-up charges, renegade tactics used to pocket thousands of dollars in cash.
In addition, aldermen signed off on a $1.2 million settlement in the case of a beer truck driver injured when his vehicle was rear-ended in 2003 by a Chicago Fire Department truck on Lincoln Avenue at California Avenue.
Driver Peter Schenk, 59, later underwent two back surgeries that he said left him unable to work, according to his lawsuit. He has a spinal cord stimulator to control pain and still suffers from pain and depression as a result of the crash, the suit states.
His medical bills have topped $1.2 million, said Leslie Darling, a top city attorney. "This is a good deal for the taxpayers, since it's equal to" the medical bills, said Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, when the Finance Committee he leads endorsed the settlements on Monday.
The proposed settlements come just a month after settling for $22.5 million a case filed on behalf of Christina Eilman.
Eilman was in the throes of a bipolar episode in May 2006 when police released the 21-year-old woman into a crime-plagued South Side neighborhood, where she was abducted and sexually assaulted before plummeting from the seventh floor of a vacant apartment in a public housing high-rise. She was left severely physically and mentally disabled.
The city last month also agreed to pay $10.25 million to settle a case brought by Alton Logan, who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He alleged that notorious police Commander Jon Burge and his so-called midnight crew of detectives hid evidence of his innocence.
The Farmer case involved Officer Gildardo Sierra Sierra, who has been stripped of his police powers and now works at the city's 311 call center doing criminal background checks for officers on the beat. Sierra was captured on video pumping three shots into Farmer's back as he lay bleeding on a parkway early on June 7, 2011. In all, he fired 16 rounds, seven of which struck Farmer, Darling said.
Before Farmer's death, Sierra wounded a 19-year-old man in a March 2011 shooting and fatally shot Darius Pinex, 27, in January 2011. In total, Sierra was involved in seven shooting incidents prior to Farmer, Darling said.
The Farmer shooting has been referred to the FBI and Cook County state's attorney's office, Darling added.
Through November of last year, the city paid out nearly $40 million to settle police abuse cases. In the first two months of this year, it has spent more than $38 million. All of the cases go back to the administration of former Mayor Richard Daley.
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Ten Tuesday Scribbles: On Virginia, Middle Tennessee, Stony Brook and More…Posted by Brian Otskey on March 12th, 2013
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- Does Virginia want to make the NCAA Tournament? Since beating Duke almost two weeks ago, the Cavaliers have lost to Boston College and Florida State and barely escaped Maryland in overtime on Sunday in a game that each team tried to give away multiple times. The more and more I look at Virginia's resume, the more I think this team will be in the NIT. It has gotten to the point where there are too many bad losses to overcome, barring a run this week in the ACC Tournament. The Hoos have a couple things going for them, mainly the win over Duke and the victory at Wisconsin in November. Home wins over North Carolina, NC State and bubble buddy Tennessee also help but Tony Bennett's club has a stunning EIGHT bad losses on its resume. Virginia went 11-7 in the ACC but went 0-3 against Colonial Athletic Association teams. Go figure. From an efficiency perspective, this is a strong team that plays stifling defense, has a couple of great players in Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell to go along with a solid supporting cast. The resume lacks some punch though and Virginia has a lot of work to do this week in Greensboro. The Cavs will likely open with NC State on Friday, a game they really need to win.
- One team fighting with Virginia for a tournament berth is Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders were eliminated from the Sun Belt Tournament by Florida International on Sunday and now have to sit and sweat out the next five days. Kermit Davis's team finished with an impressive 28-5 overall record and lost just once over a 20-game conference schedule, on the road in overtime to Arkansas State (the next best team in the league). Davis has been with the program since 2002 and has built it up to respectable mid-major status. Is this a team worthy of a chance at a bid? Absolutely. The question is, will it get one? If I were on the selection committee, I'd probably have to say no unfortunately. Despite doing what it was supposed to do in its conference, Middle Tennessee didn't do much out of conference. Yes, it beat two SEC teams (Mississippi and Vanderbilt), but neither of those teams is making the NCAA Tournament (unless the Rebels have a great conference tournament). But the real reason why I'd leave Middle Tennessee out is the fact that it was not competitive against Florida or Belmont, two of its better non-conference opponents. A competitive showing in either game would likely have changed my mind. In addition, the Blue Raiders lost a tough one in overtime to Akron. Those are missed opportunities that may end up costing this team a chance to dance.
- The fact that Stony Brook had to go on the road in the America East Tournament is a travesty. The Seawolves won the conference by three full games and their reward was a road trip to face #4 seed Albany in its own gym. It's not right. I realize these smaller conferences don't have the budgets that the power leagues do but would it be so difficult to host the tournament at whichever school wins the regular season title? Is that too much to ask? Instead, the America East picked Albany to host the quarterfinals and semifinals with the championship being hosted by the higher seed. The final part makes sense but the rest of it seems like bizarro world. Stony Brook had a stellar year, going 23-6 (14-2) in regular season play. Hopefully Steve Pikiell's team will be rewarded with a nice seed in the NIT and maybe even a home game! Read the rest of this entry »


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Opening tomorrow at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Fabulous Los Angeles, California is a redux of an exhibit they ran a few years back featuring significant cars of rock 'n' roll, including the Pantera Elvis shot full o' holes, a Nancy Sinatra movie Mustang and Snoop's golf cart from his Chrysler spot with Lido last year. It's all more "Stairway to Heaven" than Hairway to Steven though apparently, the legendary Chevy Nova with the rear seat ripped out and the barbed-wire grille the Butthole Surfers drove on a 1980s tour couldn't be located.
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Grammy Award-winning Christian artist, Michael W. Smith, has announced that his "Michael W. Smith & Friends Cruise" will be heading to Alaska in 2014.
The event has been a fan favorite for many years, and this year the festival of music will include: worship leader Darlene Zschech, Dove Award-winning trio Phillips, Craig & Dean, and comedian John Branyan.
For the first time ever, Smith will be giving fans a chance to get involved on the cruise by creating the Michael W. Smith Cruise Choir, which will allow 250 guests to be on stage and sing with Smith.
Setting sail July 6, 2014 from Seattle, Washington, the cruise will stop off at Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Activities on the ship will be based around daily devotionals, Bible studies, and music.
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In the world of Knowledge Management, we frequently talk about at least two different types of knowledge we deal with. The first is explicit, or codified, knowledge (stuff that's captured and, hopefully, readily accessible in some useful form); the second is tacit, or tribal, in-the-head, "between the ears" knowledge. For most of my nearly 15 years of knowledge management practice in the aerospace business I have noted we spend an incredible amount of time, energy, and money working on the former.
At the same time we have continually asserted the vast majority of useful knowledge was the latter. Here, for instance, is a graphic showing the ratio of explicit to tacit as 19 to 1.
For me, this is huge! In fact, where I come from we tended to use an adaptation of the Pareto principle, i.e. an 80-20 distribution, so this graphic helps make my point a fortiori. Now let me get to my point. Last Wednesday (12 May 2010), Rob Paterson published a wonderful post at the FASTforward blog entitled "Have books been bad for us?", where he discusses the question of whether or not the web is making us stupid, as well as his belief the opposite is true. He argues that books have actually stunted our ability to innovate and create new knowledge. You really have to read the whole post, but here's a sample I like:
But with the book comes authority. With the advent of the book, much of knowledge development stopped. Only the in group was allowed to play. What mattered was not observation. Not trial and error. Not experiment. Not sharing. But authority. Most of the accepted authority were texts that had no basis in observation or trial and error. Ptolemy, St Augustine and Galen ruled.
Rob goes on to argue, rather than making us stupid, the web is providing us with the kinds of information and knowledge connections we used to have before the book removed the more communal ways in which most of our collective knowledge was arrived at in the past.
So, here's where I find an analogy to the work I've been doing for some time. Much of of what we call Knowledge Management (at least in my experience) seems to spend an inordinate amount of time and expense on dealing with the 20% (or 5%, depending on who you listen to) of an enterprise's knowledge that is explicit. We work on organizing share drives, federating search capability, and scanning and rendering searchable (through OCR) much of our paper-based, historical information. I'm sure there are other ways in which explicit, recorded information is analyzed and organized as a function of a knowledge management activity.
But I think we're missing the point about the real value of knowledge. If, in fact, the largest (by far) percentage of an enterprise's useful knowledge is locked between the heads of its employees and, if (as we frequently say about tacit knowledge) much of it can't be accessed until it's required, why are we not spending more of our limited funds on facilitating the connection and communication, as well as the findability and collaborative capabilities of our employees?
I'm not suggesting there isn't value to content management, smarter search capabilities, etc. I am saying, however, that I think most organizations are missing the boat by not spending more of their resources on the thing that offers to connect their people; to create organizational neural pathways that promise to be far more beneficial to the overall health of the company in terms of product innovation and design, manufacturing processes, customer relations, project management, etc. (or on and on). I am speaking of Enterprise 2.0, on which I will have a lot more to say in future posts.
The problems we face with acceptance are monumental. People in organizations that have traditionally been hierarchical and within which silos and fiefdoms emerge, turf wars and power struggles go on, and people are both kept in the dark and made afraid for their jobs hasn't exactly set the stage for the trust required to do any kind of knowledge management effort. Nevertheless, if we're going to participate in the struggle, we ought to be shooting for the things that are going to prove the most valuable – in both the short and the long run.
I'm a book lover myself. My reverence for books is almost stupid, actually, but I've worked hard on overcoming it. Unlike Rob, I no longer wonder. I see the web, and the enterprise and its internal network, as the future of our group intelligence and knowledge. What do you see?


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The noose tightened around prominent Anonymous-related leaders yet again, with the arrest late Wednesday of Barrett Brown of Dallas County, Texas. This marks the second time Brown has been raided by federal authorities.
Brown previously described himself as an Anonymous spokesperson, but announced his departure from the group last year. He is now being held in federal detention in Dallas on charges of threatening a federal agent, according to his attorney's Twitter account.
That same law firm, Liedermann Devine of Ventura, California, tweeted on Thursday afternoon that he also "needs a local Dallas atty ASAP."
The arrest came just hours after Brown posted a 13-minute YouTube video entitled "Why I'm Going to Destroy FBI Agent Robert Smith."
In the video, Brown smokes, laughs, and appears to be getting increasingly irate. He accuses FBI Agent Robert Smith of harassment, saying that Brown's mother has become a target of surveillance by the FBI, and was facing obstruction of justice charges.
"Robert Smith's life is over," Brown said on the video.
Previously, Brown had threatened to hack the Zetas, a powerful Mexican drug cartel.
"I have reason to fear for my life, not just from the Zetas, but from the US government," he said in the video. Brown went on to note he would treat any intruders into his home, including federal agents like the FBI, as potential Zeta attackers.
Just last year, Brown spoke with Ars and said "the rule of law is void." Since his departure, many members of Anonymous have distanced themselves from Brown. These members say he's been too self-aggrandizng and does not represent the group as a whole.


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The way things have been going for the Angels, Mike Scioscia could probably come out of retirement today and go 3-for-3 against the Yankees.George A. King III, Post:
The Angels' manager watched his depleted team [Vladimir Guerrero, Torii Hunter and Juan Rivera were out] stage its second straight comeback victory, overcoming an early four-run lead to lay a 14-8 beating on the Yankees Saturday. A seven-run fifth inning put the Angels ahead for good ...
Pettitte was charged with six runs on seven hits and two walks in 4.1 innings, the third time in his last four starts he has allowed a six-spot. The southpaw is 1-2 with a 10.38 ERA in those four games ...
If, as the Yankees want you to believe, Joba Chamberlain is young and learning to be a starter, does that mean age has wrapped a blanket around Andy Pettitte?No, 5.94 was his ERA in the three previous starts leading up to Saturday. As seen above, 10.38 is the correct answer.
One game after Chamberlain's third straight subpar outing, the Yankees asked Pettitte to go deep against the Angels yesterday. Yet, like Chamberlain, Pettitte was rocked ...
Chamberlain is 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA in his last three starts. In 13.1 innings the 23-year-old has allowed 27 hits. Now Pettitte is on a bender. ... In the 37-year-old's last four outings, he is 1-2 with a 5.94 ERA.
Mark Feinsand, Daily News:
After sitting through another unwatchable performance on Friday night, we all had to listen to Joba tell us how his stuff the last two times out has been as good as it's been all year. If that's true, the Yankees are in serious trouble. He sounded like Ian Kennedy, who said the exact same things last August after he was knocked out after two innings in this very ballpark.Joba = Dice Jr.?
With a night to sleep on the game, Girardi recited his standard lines - yes, Joe, we know he's only 23-years-old - and said he believes Joba is due for a good second half.
My question is, why? ...
[M]ore often than not, he's been a guy that throws 100 pitches in five innings or less, not hanging around long enough to get the decision in the game. In fact, no pitcher in history has ever had more no-decisions in his first 29 starts than Joba, who has 19.
Mark Feinsand, Daily News:
Before Friday night's game, Joe Girardi expressed his frustration with the constant criticism aimed at Joba Chamberlain. The manager may have said all the right things after the pitcher labored through yet another unwatchable outing, but it's hard to believe Girardi isn't a little concerned.
In his last two starts, Chamberlain has given up 13 runs - though only seven were earned - on 18 hits and two walks in eight innings ...
Since his brilliant eight-inning outing in Cleveland on June 1, Chamberlain has pitched into the seventh inning only once in his last seven starts, averaging just a shade over five innings per outing in those games while posting a 5.05 ERA.